Women's U-17 soccer team in same group as North Korea at Asian Cup

The women's under-17 (U-17) soccer team led by coach Kim Eun-jung was in the same group as North Korea at the 'Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-17 Women's Asian Cup' to be held in May. 

Held in Indonesia from May 6th to 19th

On the 7th (Korean time), the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup final draw ceremony was held at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

As a result of the draw, Korea was placed in Group A along with the host country Indonesia, North Korea, and the Philippines.

Group B included Japan, the winner of the previous tournament, as well as China, Australia, and Thailand.

This competition will be held in Indonesia from May 6th to 19th. Last year, Korea won the first preliminary round in April and the second round in September and advanced to the finals. 메이저사이트

Korea won the championship in Thailand in 2009.

The top three teams among the eight teams will participate in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be held in the Dominican Republic in October.

Korea won the first FIFA tournament in Korean soccer history at the 2010 U-17 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Trinidad and Tobago thanks to the performances of Yeo Min-ji, Lee Geum-min, and Jang Seul-gi. Afterwards, except for the 2018 Uruguay tournament (eliminated in the group stage), they all failed to advance to the finals.  토토사이트